Oscar Wilde
The future is not the result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created - created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination.
John Scharr
Each country's HPI value is a function of its average subjective life satisfaction, life expectancy at birth and ecological footprint per capita.
The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is an index of human well-being and environmental impact introduced by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) in July 2006.
This index was designed to challenge well-established indices of countries' development, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Human Development Index (HDI) which are seen as not taking sustainability into account.
With the highest levels of reported life satisfaction, and the highest happy life years, Costa Rica stands out in the HPI even before considering its ecological footprint. It has the fifth-lowest poverty index in the developing world and the proportion of people living on less than $2 a-day is lower than in Romania - an EU member. What makes these results even more remarkable is that it achieves this with a quarter of the footprint of the USA.
Costa Rica has a democracy and takes very deliberate steps to reduce its environmental impact. Unique in world for having combined its ministries of energy and the environment back in the 1970s, a staggering 99 per cent of its energy comes from renewable sources. Further explanations for Costa Rica first place:
-Rich natural capital.
-Equal treatment of women.
-Strong political participation.
-Solid social network of friends, families and neighbourhoods, allowed by a sensible work-life balance.
-The abolition of the country's army in 1949, freeing up government money to spend on social programmes.
HPI result table 2009
1.Costa Rica
76.1
2 Dominican Republic
71.8
3.Jamaica
70.1
4.Guatemala
68.4
5.Vietnam
66.5
6.Colombia
66.1
7. Cuba
65.7
8.El Salvador
61.5
9.Brazil
61.0
10.Honduras
61.0
11.Nicaragua
60.5
12.Egypt
60.3
13.Saudi Arabia
59.7
14.Philippines
59.0
15.Argentina
59.0
16.Indonesia
58.9
17.Bhutan
58.5
18.Panama
57.4
19.Laos
57.3
20.China
57.1
21.Morocco
56.8
22.Sri Lanka
56.5
23.Mexico
55.6
24.Pakistan
55.6
25.Ecuador
55.5
26.Jordan
54.6
27.Belize
54.5
28.Peru
54.4
29.Tunisia
54.3
30.Trinidad and Tobago
54.2
31.Bangladesh
54.1
32.Moldova
54.1
33.Malaysia
54.0
34.Tajikistan
53.5
35.India
53.0
36. Venezuela
52.5
37.Nepal
51.9
38.Syria
51.3
39.Burma
51.2
40.Algeria
51.2
41.Thailand
50.9
42.Haiti
50.8
43.Netherlands
50.6
44.Malta
50.4
45.Uzbekistan
50.1
46.Chile
49.7
47.Bolivia
49.3
48.Armenia
48.3
49.Singapore
48.2
50.Yemen
48.1
51.Germany
48.1
52.Switzerland
48.1
53.Sweden
48.0
54.Albania
47.9
55.Paraguay
47.8
56.Palestine
47.7
57.Austria
47.7
58.Serbia
47.6
59.Finland
47.2
60.Croatia
47.2
61.Kyrgyzstan
47.1
62.Cyprus
46.2
63.Guyana
45.6
64.Belgium
45.4
65.Bosnia and Herzegovina
45.0
66.Slovenia
44.5
67.Israel
44.5
68.Korea
44.4
69.Italy
44.0
70.Romania
43.9
71.France
43.9
72.Georgia
43.6
73.Slovakia
43.5
74.United Kingdom
43.3
75.Japan
43.3
76.Spain
43.2
77.Poland
42.8
78.Ireland
42.6
79.Iraq
42.6
80.Cambodia
42.3
81.Iran
42.1
82.Bulgaria
42.0
83.Turkey
41.7
84.Hong Kong
41.6
85.Azerbaijan
41.2
86.Lithuania
40.9
87.Djibouti
40.4
88.Norway
40.4
89.Canada
39.4
90.Hungary
38.9
91.Kazakhstan
38.5
92.Czech Republic
38.3
93.Mauritania
38.2
94.Iceland
38.1
95.Ukraine
38.1
96.Senegal
38.0
97.Greece
37.6
98.Portugal
37.5
99.Uruguay
37.2
100.Ghana
37.1
101.Latvia
36.7
102.Australia
36.6
103.New Zealand
36.2
104.Belarus
35.7
105.Denmark
35.5
106.Mongolia
35.0
107.Malawi
34.5
108.Russia
34.5
109.Chad
34.3
110.Lebanon
33.6
111.Macedonia
32.7
112.Congo
32.4
113.Madagascar
31.5
114.United States of America
30.7
115.Nigeria
30.3
116.Guinea
30.3
117.Uganda
30.2
118.South Africa
29.7
119.Rwanda
29.6
120.Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
29.0
121.Sudan
28.5
122.Luxembourg
28.5
123.United Arab Emirates
28.2
124.Ethiopia
28.1
125.Kenya
27.8
126.Cameroon
27.2
127.Zambia
27.2
128.Kuwait
27.0
129.Niger
26.9
130.Angola
26.8
131.Estonia
26.4
132.Mali
25.8
133.Mozambique
24.6
134.Benin
24.6
135.Togo
23.3
136.Sierra Leone
23.1
137.Central African Republic
22.9
138.Burkina Faso
22.4
139.Burundi
21.8
140.Namibia
21.1
141.Botswana
20.9
142.Tanzania
17.8
143.Zimbabwe
16.6
3.Jamaica
70.1
4.Guatemala
68.4
5.Vietnam
66.5
6.Colombia
66.1
7. Cuba
65.7
8.El Salvador
61.5
9.Brazil
61.0
10.Honduras
61.0
11.Nicaragua
60.5
12.Egypt
60.3
13.Saudi Arabia
59.7
14.Philippines
59.0
15.Argentina
59.0
16.Indonesia
58.9
17.Bhutan
58.5
18.Panama
57.4
19.Laos
57.3
20.China
57.1
21.Morocco
56.8
22.Sri Lanka
56.5
23.Mexico
55.6
24.Pakistan
55.6
25.Ecuador
55.5
26.Jordan
54.6
27.Belize
54.5
28.Peru
54.4
29.Tunisia
54.3
30.Trinidad and Tobago
54.2
31.Bangladesh
54.1
32.Moldova
54.1
33.Malaysia
54.0
34.Tajikistan
53.5
35.India
53.0
36. Venezuela
52.5
37.Nepal
51.9
38.Syria
51.3
39.Burma
51.2
40.Algeria
51.2
41.Thailand
50.9
42.Haiti
50.8
43.Netherlands
50.6
44.Malta
50.4
45.Uzbekistan
50.1
46.Chile
49.7
47.Bolivia
49.3
48.Armenia
48.3
49.Singapore
48.2
50.Yemen
48.1
51.Germany
48.1
52.Switzerland
48.1
53.Sweden
48.0
54.Albania
47.9
55.Paraguay
47.8
56.Palestine
47.7
57.Austria
47.7
58.Serbia
47.6
59.Finland
47.2
60.Croatia
47.2
61.Kyrgyzstan
47.1
62.Cyprus
46.2
63.Guyana
45.6
64.Belgium
45.4
65.Bosnia and Herzegovina
45.0
66.Slovenia
44.5
67.Israel
44.5
68.Korea
44.4
69.Italy
44.0
70.Romania
43.9
71.France
43.9
72.Georgia
43.6
73.Slovakia
43.5
74.United Kingdom
43.3
75.Japan
43.3
76.Spain
43.2
77.Poland
42.8
78.Ireland
42.6
79.Iraq
42.6
80.Cambodia
42.3
81.Iran
42.1
82.Bulgaria
42.0
83.Turkey
41.7
84.Hong Kong
41.6
85.Azerbaijan
41.2
86.Lithuania
40.9
87.Djibouti
40.4
88.Norway
40.4
89.Canada
39.4
90.Hungary
38.9
91.Kazakhstan
38.5
92.Czech Republic
38.3
93.Mauritania
38.2
94.Iceland
38.1
95.Ukraine
38.1
96.Senegal
38.0
97.Greece
37.6
98.Portugal
37.5
99.Uruguay
37.2
100.Ghana
37.1
101.Latvia
36.7
102.Australia
36.6
103.New Zealand
36.2
104.Belarus
35.7
105.Denmark
35.5
106.Mongolia
35.0
107.Malawi
34.5
108.Russia
34.5
109.Chad
34.3
110.Lebanon
33.6
111.Macedonia
32.7
112.Congo
32.4
113.Madagascar
31.5
114.United States of America
30.7
115.Nigeria
30.3
116.Guinea
30.3
117.Uganda
30.2
118.South Africa
29.7
119.Rwanda
29.6
120.Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
29.0
121.Sudan
28.5
122.Luxembourg
28.5
123.United Arab Emirates
28.2
124.Ethiopia
28.1
125.Kenya
27.8
126.Cameroon
27.2
127.Zambia
27.2
128.Kuwait
27.0
129.Niger
26.9
130.Angola
26.8
131.Estonia
26.4
132.Mali
25.8
133.Mozambique
24.6
134.Benin
24.6
135.Togo
23.3
136.Sierra Leone
23.1
137.Central African Republic
22.9
138.Burkina Faso
22.4
139.Burundi
21.8
140.Namibia
21.1
141.Botswana
20.9
142.Tanzania
17.8
143.Zimbabwe
16.6
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